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Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal negative.

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The Universe is the most extraordinary masterpiece ever constructed by nobody.

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The choir always tittered and whispered all through the service. There was once a church choir that was not ill-bred, but I have forgotten where it was.

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Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions.

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Dogmas of every kind put assertion in the place of reason and give rise to more contention, bitterness, and want of charity than any other influence in human affairs.

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If 'god' is a metaphysical term, then it cannot be even probable that a god exists. For to say that 'God exists' is to make a metaphysical utterance which cannot be either true or false. And by the same criterion, no sentence which purports to describe the nature of a transcendent god can possess any literal significance.

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No one ever dies an atheist.

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But the churchmen fain would kill their church, As the churches have kill'd their Christ.

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The minister today preached about death and judgment, and what would become of those who behaved improperly - and somehow it scared me. He preached such an awful sermon I didn't think I should ever see you again until the Judgment Day. The subject of perdition seemed to please him somehow.

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Some Arrows slay but whom they strike - But this slew all but him - Who so appareled his Escape - Too trackless for a Tomb

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If the art of ship-building were in the wood, ships would exist by nature.

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That which shows God in me, fortifies me. That which shows God out of me, makes me a wart and a wen.

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There are arguments for atheism, and they do not depend, and never did depend, upon science. They are arguable enough, as far as they go, upon a general survey of life; only it happens to be a superficial survey of life.

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Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.

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One had better put on gloves before handling the New Testament. The presence of so much filth makes it highly advisable.

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I do not feel I could give up all for Christ, were I called to die.

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The liberty of conscience, which above all other things ought to be to all men dearest and most precious.

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The fox remains always a fox, the goose remains a goose, and the tiger will retain the character of a tiger.

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What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with them?

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What can I hope when all is right?

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